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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

It’s the first Wednesday of the month, and time for another Insecure Writer’s Support Group post. Thanks again to Alex J. Cavanaugh (and this month's co-hosts LG KeltnerandCM Brown) for hosting this outlet for writers every month! So here’s my insecurity for November . . .

I have to admit, I haven't felt very inspired in my writing these past few months. With all the publisher rejections and continued assurances that "it takes time", I feel a little like a hamster in a wheel going absolutely nowhere. But since I cannot sit here staring at a blank screen any longer, I thought I'd look to some of my idols for inspiration. If there are any other writers out there that feel the same, I hope this helps:

“You have to write the book that wants to be
written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it
for children.”

- Madeleine
L’Engle

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit
down at a typewriter and bleed.”

- Ernest
Hemmingway

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two
things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”

- Stephen
King

“If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to
live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.”

- Isaac
Asimov

“Being a writer is
a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always you versus a blank sheet of paper
(or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.”

- Neil
Gaiman

“I write to give myself strength. I write to be
the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of.
”

- Joss
Whedon

“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go
after it with a club.”

- Jack
London

“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting
struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake
such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither
resist nor understand.”

- George
Orwell

“There are three rules for writing a novel.
Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”